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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the union's response covers ‘some of the benefits' which farm assurance schemes provides, but it also covers the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

The chair of Labour's Climate and Environment Forum Baroness Young said she hoped the ‘multi-functional' land use framework would be operationally ‘sustainable'

Defra estimated an ASF outbreak could cost the UK between £10 million to £100 million

This marks The Crown Estate's first acquisition of a rural estate since 2014, and is part of its new rural strategy to create ‘long-term value for the industry'

Ten dairy farmers in Dumfries and Galloway and two in Ayrshire have been given 12 months' notice

"I foresee years of friction if this goes ahead"

According to a survey from Arla, more than half of Britain's dairy farmers are finding it more difficult than ever to recruit

Lely has introduced a sand flushing system to its robotic manure collectors to make it easier for dairy farmers who bed on sand

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

"Islwyn was a caring farmer who was proud of his stock"